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The galette is frequently garnished with meat, fish, cheese, salad or similar ingredients. One of the most popular varieties is a galette covered with grated gruyère cheese, a slice of ham and an egg, cooked on the galette. In France, this is known as a galette complète (a complete galette). A hot sausage wrapped in a galette (called a galette-saucisse) and eaten like a hot dog is also becoming more and more popular. There is also a popular childrens song about the galettes. It goes "J'aime la galette savez vouz comment. Quand il y est bien faite avec du buerre Dedans." Various meats Cold Meat Salad Meat, in its broadest definition, is animal tissue used as food. ... The Guppy (Poecilia reticulata) is one of the most popular freshwater aquarium fish species in the world. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ... Salad Platter Salad is a term applied broadly to many food preparations that are a mixture of chopped or sliced ingredients. ... Gruyère cheese Gruyère cheese is a type of yellow cheese made from cows milk, named after the town of Gruyères in Switzerland, made in the canton of Fribourg, Vaud, Neuch√¢tel and Jura as well, as the district of Courtelary, La Neuveville, and Moutier in the... Ham with cloves Technically, ham is the thigh and buttock of any animal that is slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. ... It has been suggested that makkara be merged into this article or section. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

See also

• Kouign amann

Kouign amann is a Breton cake. ...

External Links

• La Sauvegarde de la Galette Saucisse Bretonne